16 h. ago John Swinney's revival of the SNP has given his party a shot at a fifth term in office

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the SNP leader has given his party a good chance of winning an election they should be losing easily.

Society

18 h. ago Donald Trump is SNUBBED by Nobel Peace Prize judges: US President's achievements are ignored, despite brokering peace in Gaza

The two-time US President had been on a not-so-subtle Nobel Prize campaign since his first term in office when he claimed 'many people' thought he had earned it.

Politics

3 d. ago Pervert is arrested after air crew spotted him looking at child porn on his laptop in business class cabin

A senior Japanese Football Association official has been sentenced to an 18-month suspended jail term in France after looking at images of child pornography during a plane journey.

Society

3 d. ago The migrant hotel king raking in nearly £180m in profits: Caravan park tycoon's firm is paid £7BILLION of taxpayers cash after being awarded government contract to house asylum seekers

Clearsprings Ready Homes, owned by Essex tycoon Graham King, is one of three companies appointed on a 10-year Home Office deal to provide short-term accommodation.

Economics

6 d. ago UK bans six food items from EU flights from today with £5,000 fine

The UKHSA has issued a stern warning to holidaymakers returning this October half term, with officials threatening to impose hefty £5,000 fines for bringing everyday items back through customs

Economics

1 week ago Democrats race to embrace swearing and angry comebacks – but will it work?

Democrats are abandoning their careful messaging in favor of gut-level rhetoric that’s unapologetically more profane as the party faces an authenticity problemDemocrats want your attention, and they’re done asking politely.Several months into Donald Trump’s second term, presidential aspirants, members of Congress and party officials are abandoning carefully calibrated messaging in favor of gut-level rhetoric that is angrier, rawer and unapologetically more profane. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Trump hangs autopen photo instead of Biden portrait in new presidential gallery

Latest snub is part of US president’s attempts to delegitimise his predecessor with unproven claimsPresident Donald Trump has added a “Presidential Walk of Fame” to the exterior of the White House, featuring portraits of each of the previous commanders-in-chief – except for one.Instead of a headshot of Joe Biden , the Republican incumbent instead placed a photo of an autopen signing the Democrat’s name – a reference to Trump’s frequent allegation that the former president was addled by the end of his term in office and not really the one making decisions. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The Federal Reserve’s independence is about to be tested like never before

Donald Trump wants drastic rate cuts – and his campaign to exert greater political control over the Fed continues apaceThe time has come to ban the “revolving door” between the White House and the Federal Reserve, two academics argued last year. Doing so would be “critical to reducing the incentives for officials to act in the short-term political interests of the president”, they wrote.Eight months ago, the two writers – Dan Katz and Stephen Miran – joined the Trump administration in senior roles. On Tuesday, Miran, the chair of the US Council of Economic Advisers, walked into the Fed as a governor. Continue reading...

Politics